into cash.melinda roeder explains how it's being used to fuel homes. homes. melinda: coverting trash into electricity. it cost 6-and-half million dollars - just to get the project started... but they say it'll pay for itself in no time. ------------------------ take vo---------------------when trash decomposes, it creates methane gas. and until now... the county would collect and then burn off that unwanted gas.but with new generators... and gadgets that collect the fumes... the county is able to harness the energy and sell it to the regional; power grid. so they'll actually make some money. ---------------------take sots- ------------------- james pittman - depuity dir of waste management services09:58:32 "and so as energy pricees continue, as gas supply increases, then we'll get even more revenue coming back for the county."melinda: the claim they'll be able to create about 3-point-2 megawatts of electricity per hour this way. about enough to power 2-thousand homes in the county.melinda roeder... fox 45 news at five. how are the roads looking tonig? tonight